Yes, I take notes. Not much in meetings. Now I ta...

2009-10-30T16:15:19.300-04:00

Yes, I take notes.

Not much in meetings. Now I take much more than a few years ago.

When I was younger (I say younger because I think my memory is not so powerful as it used to be) and had meetings with clients, regarding new projects specifications, I never took notes during meetings. I never realized that happened until, one day, a client said to me, during a meeting "You are not taking notes but I' not worried about it. I heard you never do it, but also that you never forget a single detail of meetings talk". He was right. Only in that day I saw what other people already observed. After a meeting I used to sit in my desk and start writing for an hour or two. I was not only taking notes but working on the notes I had in my head. The result was always excellent.
Twenty years later I need to take notes during a meeting, otherwise I take a risk to forget some important detail.

I also take notes about thoughts that come to me and can be applied to some issues I have in hands. Also take notes of those ideas that come and we say that one day this will be useful. These are the kind of notes I tend to forget more easily if don't write them, or tend to loose if I don't keep them organized.

To organize myself, I use a computer, if I have one near me. At office I use Microsoft One Note (it is great just to take notes). At home I use PersonalBrain (a tool in mind map category). If I don't have a computer I tray not to be lazy and use a pen and paper!

Luisa Baldaia.

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